Battery Storage Set for Massive Growth – Part III, Determinants of Future Growth

By Phil Carroll, P.E., VP

In Part I of this white paper, we looked at utility-scale energy storage – battery systems being installed and used by utilities themselves. In Part II, we looked at customer-owned energy storage – batteries being installed and used by industrial, governmental, commercial and residential customers. Here, in Part III, we will look at the various factors that will determine how the future of the trend might play out.

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